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Be Smart.

Joe Hanson

We give you deep answers to simple questions about science and the rest of the universe. And also dad jokes.Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, PhD. He's a molecular biologist and an award-winning science communicator and journalist

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Episodes

358 episodes

  1. Why Do More Species Concentrate Near the Equator? 10:42
  2. Space is Overflowing with Junk. Here's How to Clean It Up… 15:43
  3. Scientists Finally Figured Out What Love Is For 20:20
  4. Why Do Clouds Hover Aloft? 8:13
  5. Why People Don't Trust Climate Science 10:18
  6. How the CIA Secretly Surveilled Climate Change 21:28
  7. Antibiotic Resistance and the Ascent of Superbugs 10:08
  8. 97% of Climate Scientists Really Do Agree 9:36
  9. How Do We Measure How Vast the Universe Is? 13:58
  10. How Much Of You Is ACTUALLY Alive? 15:56
  11. Glass is Solid… So Why Is It Clear? 10:14
  12. Could We Recreate Ourselves? 7:56
  13. The Transcontinental Burrito Hypertunnel (is it Possible?) 15:03
  14. How These Ants Swept Across the U.S. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 9:46
  15. Ask Joe Matters #1 8:01
  16. How Many Stars Can We Count? 5:45
  17. The Secret To Life… 9:46
  18. Building Music From Space! 5:02
  19. Ask Joe Anything #5 9:17
  20. Can You Crush a Human Using the Atmosphere? 10:43
  21. The History of Money (From Barter To Bitcoin) 13:41
  22. How a Planet-Sized Telescope Took the First Picture of a Black Hole | STELLAR 10:13
  23. Where Do Teeth Come From? 10:40
  24. You've Been Lied to About DNA Evidence 28:04
  25. Why Does February Have Just 28 Days? 6:30
  26. Why Dung Beetles Stare At the Stars | IN OUR NATURE 20:01
  27. What Makes Luck? 7:52
  28. Sunlight Is Way Older Than You Think. Here’s Why… 12:46
  29. Chemical Reactions That Revolutionized History 10:40
  30. Can Life Really Be Explained By Physics? (featuring Prof. Brian Cox) 28:15
  31. Do You Really Have Two Brains? 6:18
  32. The Strange Evolutionary Story of the Thylacine 11:03
  33. You Are Chiefly Microbe! 5:38
  34. What's The Most Lethal Creature On Earth? 7:29
  35. Elephant Moms Carry the Wisdom of Generations | IN OUR NATURE 29:29
  36. Inside the Lab That Invented the COVID-19 Vaccine 14:35
  37. There Are Millions of Skeletons Lying Beneath Washington, DC 5:14
  38. Why Do We All Hate Pigeons? 9:40
  39. Bizarre Involuntary Behaviors Explained! 6:57
  40. What's REALLY Making Earth Hotter? 7:42
  41. Where Do Birds Go During Winter? 6:16
  42. Where On Earth Do You Weigh The Least? 10:57
  43. The Science and Grace of Auroras 6:38
  44. The Dimensions of the Universe 6:26
  45. What is Déjà Vu?! 5:49
  46. Evolution FAILS in the Human Body 15:14
  47. The Most Unbelievable Image Ever Captured by Hubble Space Telescope 13:59
  48. DNA Doesn’t Look Like What You Think! 7:23
  49. Why Do We Cook? 7:51
  50. How Many Species are in Your Backyard? 12:33